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dcterms:Date	"2015-04-27"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:David Martin2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, for my group, there are three areas where we need action, all of which my colleagues have mentioned. Firstly, we need to ensure that adequate compensation is paid. The fact that 30% is still undersubscribed is outrageous, and we need to name and shame the companies that have not come forward with their money. Secondly, we have to continue to work to prevent future tragedies. The Compact is a start in that direction, but frankly Bangladesh has still not done enough in terms of training factory inspectors and more needs to be done in that respect. As other colleagues have said, we need to strengthen trade unions and there should be no exemptions in terms of export zones for trade union activity. Thirdly, and probably above all, we need to change the culture in terms of the clothing industry if this is not to happen in the future. The era of cheap labour for cheap clothes has to come to an end. That means firstly that Bangladesh itself has responsibility here because there is, let us be blunt about this, corruption between factory owners, government officials and safety inspectors at the present time, and that has to be tackled. But the multinational companies, again as my colleagues have said, also have the responsibility to ensure due diligence from the start of the supply chain to the end of the supply chain. They cannot say: ‘it is happening out of sight, therefore it is not our responsibility’. They have to ensure that good health and safety exists in the factories; they have to ensure that workers are paid a decent compensation and consumers have to accept, as others have said, that this might in the end cost them more money."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"David Martin (S&D )."1
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